HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1894-06-08, Page 5THE WIFE -OF A PEER.
" sure I had the right address, I
'took Baal trOlddij to look it iiNZ,„„Lady
We rden n in. w c re d; i n wardly fu rio (re that
she had been. foreed 'into having* " •that
oiliotai girl'' at her dance.
Thou to show that I bear the polit
,Officeiu ill Will I shall give kip my trip
ti the country and -*come," waid Miss
Flood -Smith, moviag away to give place
to somo Nevi: arrivals. " all fixed,"
bile whispered, to,. her mother, who had.
been observing her from a distance " I
turaed the. conversation •capitally and
she was :forced into asking. She woe
' clever, too -mid she had sent citeds.'cliid
you see her gown ?• the model Mme.
Valerie HilOWC(1 us last Week. She hasn't
the, figure for..lt, though.. I wish ,I had
"1 saw you nwere talking with Miss
1",,loo4it.h.,: Sir Arthar," eald.' Laura,
. who, with Lady, Twirlington and Gladys
•Greiiwell, were the new arrivals whom
• tliit--garralona attio.barenet had turned_
to greet ." Do youlike her? 'You.
know her better, than the rest pf us'."
"1 adore her ;. she ,is so self-pessessed ;,
, 'but it. woman's opinion is so. 'valuable
that lam gciiug to ask Lady': Tkvirling-
• '• ton, but you are too near her age tobe
impartial. Now, Lady Twirliegton, .tell
eandidly.'.'What-cip you''think .of Miss
rioe.d-Sinith ?" •
• " Measured by her aspirations,. she is
a duchees ;_ineasured by her actions she
is a:dwarf on g,oldea stilts." •
.
"How "cruelly absurd," said Sir Arthur.
".But YOU don't knew'. her. If you did
yon -would think" differently. She is as
' lovable as she is"tea.utiful,.. once you:
know her." .
Take 'care; Sir Arthur," 'laughed
' Laura. "Love. is a disease which, --like
scarlet fever, is most malignant When
'contracted in middle -411e." . •
.worry...abo.u_t_Sir. Arthur," 02-
terrapted Lady •Ttvirlington. " Iiis love
.is tilWays in the-temlitional tense."
• " 1 --don't understand."
. "Why, love has • three tenses: l'he
past is a sorrow, .the present a surfeit
• and7the 'fiiture-it'snare, while •,thp Con-
ditional, is a sigh for eyery, pretty:face
one chances to, meet." .
"A cynical patodY on love," proteet.
•
•
•
u..
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cr‘c?,'±TIZzl-
• ed Sir Arthur. .
" A utterly false, isn't. it. Gladys?"
eais Laura, tiireing •to. Where the •girl •
• had been' standing, " Why,,,, where
lays? tliOught
I think She is trying to refute the
-cynicisrii of my doctrine," answered Lady
Twirlington,. .iookcing
twanL-
corner of the room where. a fair-haired
•-girt-was- engaged in a low conversation
77-**-wttlrir -stalwart-::Scatehmanytbes,,expres-
• shin of 'Whose, eyes, reraeved fear from
• Sir Arthur's, heart. • •
"Do you remember the prophecy I told
yeti : 1-tuade *to aid, Keith, at • Witten -
-Halrbeforelie- Met lier ?"7 Laura said; ae-
she and Lady Twirlington moved away
to -permit • Sir. 'Arthur to grset Lady
Greybrooke and a friend.
• , • " Lady Twirlington replied, "It
• looks as though it w'ould come true,!' •
,• " if it hasn't already," Laura said nip-
terieusly, as Lady Twirlington turned to
-speak to a friend. "Captain Langdon I".
the continued, recognizing 'a Man. who -
was endeavoring . to‘swork ,c his, way
through it b -.of .wonion... ." Why do,
. look so bored ?" • '•
• • " Because I have jnst escaped from Mrs.
Flood -Smith. She was telling me about
• -how she worked a -red-smoking eap,with,
_ yellow tor; her: husband's' Christ,
---finsis-present,"' - , ' 7ssIsss:Z7
•: "You Ought not to rafisd that. It is
• variety,. which• makes society interest-
comiervatory, foolish as it Seemed now,
.;ing. Don't you remethber how you chaif-
she had ,grown to look upon him as a
ed me when I first came to 'England and
called Inc A foolish country girt?" friend whorls she . Might trust • ' 'rho
thought that he would ever. pass thebar7
"Bit you -amused me, you were eo
tiers of 'friendship never came. to .hess She
. frank and original."
now remembered various remarks h4.....had
pnalities"Mrs., Flood -Smith has both those
made, Which her inexperience had .pre-
-YOU don't :appreciate her," -
vented -being -fully understoad.
"1 don't appreciate her becaUse I re.;
sent the efforts her ilk exert to get into wenian" of the world would have recog-
nized that the attention of a man like
, society,. She ought to keep in her place.
4,6wit surtr.she, u_ai,,raotitt_ worthy persou_ - Langdon could •only:he,contioned by donR
41A,t diernr varhy cpronristag auctionWITict ,the pitJ
Laura's nature tad, preVented--tece *wan'
'7:educe not helong,iin a• Landow sirasving4
realizing that she could look 'upon their
•
room" • intimacy in such a light She felt that
"And yet it is you English who at..
she had been to blame, for she had
cept her -Pardon cmy failing to assume
courted Langdmi's attention: -partIV as
rn husbande nationality on this oecas
a protest against her husband's conauct.;
eion." Laura, answered.
•
and strong as her rese.titinent - was, it
", Of 'course. London is . the Meeea of
was temperedby the feeling that she had
'aspiring ' plutOCrats:" •
not . acted quite according .to her own
• Then whs.' do you coniplain
•
standard.' -
" Because' it is the right' ol every bug-
. Once, or twice diming the dinner she
•
lishmano. to protest, and at present; I
.glanced at her husb,and, and each time
,prtitest :ftgainrit our society. It ie like
she saw that • he was- watching , her in-
Spaish omeiet-a spicy. mixture ,of
tently. She thought there ,was more ten-
-questionahle condiment's under a very
,dernees, possibly sadness, in the expres-
.respeCtable covering. •Ilhe only way to
•
sion of his eyes than she had ever noticed
. swallow .it is with one's•eyes shift. and.
before. •
•even then it leaves a bad. taste."••
".As an American. Wild has had to get As the dinner' progressed the little
acclimatized," answered Laura, "1 think party began to converse more freely, and.
• the greatest fault oi" your society is not • with the advent of the roast came the
'AS aclusiVeness so much as -its ,perennial discussion' of sport,- Goodwood
•:inelasticity, Every one is so fearful was the tepic which now engrossed. the
that his rights will be usurped •that attention of: the men, While Gladyie
. he spends half •his life keeping his neigh- tastes prompted her to take part in
bor in his place.- If there is •a mac in the, conversation. :After listening to a
•"T. England so low in the social scale that recotintal of Predileeta's chances .for at
• ' he has no sone to Welt down upon I am 'least the ninth time and wondering each
sure he spends Lis time in the sun demi- time what differepee it -made Whether.
Inating his own shadow."' ' • • the odd & were "on"or " off " her, Laura
"1 did. not ..ku'out. you svere wearily exclaimed,' as the. Servants left
Bald Langdon . the room. • ." Why disn't-. you men find
" Misfortime or experience males phil- something %enable to talk abente
.osephers of us all. In expel -lends I think. "Sensible," exclaimed Keith resent -
I lave, lived. an age during this past ' fully. "What can be more ,sensible than
honest British sport ?" s.
year.
" But ,you are not yet sr. woinan of "Anything which dem seme good. Here
the Vvoilt'", are you two peers of the realm, two here -
"Why?' she' asked. ditary legislators, and initoad of sitting
"---z--'411teitratr-cit-yotmvercerzAraurtrorenj*Wekft
' • tee..prblit by that c4perience."
, "In what way ?"
'" Ify, forgetting thesPaet in the enjoy-
ment. of the present," he said, slowly,
emphasizing'. eiteh word. • .e.
tm.eniayinent Vt.
- " The-tight-ofrevengee4,1c..anstycreit,
insinuatingly. "1* should be sweet to a
Woman. It .should be • exhilarating,
,• t•oe."
" I think I understand you now. • You
mean the revenge of emulation."• ,
• "Yes." .:44 •
ap• tain, Langderi,., she Said,
nebtly, "a married wonian who flirts .
veclianttemut itiPalwentiiiY-aet dti3Uest-rclilli111-
--"hood./' •
• ," She might be the avenger of her own
wrongs." , .
In Which case she Would besa- tuseitit
MUM, deitervittg--the--eonsuleratiOn-
• due a pirate."
• " Snppoee you were in love ?" Lang -
dein field, in lowered tones. It •is net a
• -corinse to lore.
"Loire 'ander such eircumetatices fa a naked another. He gives Up the beet
— .
c
ToN,
double crime. pow con you defend I nu.
year of his life for a few dollar, anti " That hurnble sountry girl, as 7ou'l aud Nelda"' she. (mid tO herself. .Thelt
she ails %voted, indignantly, ' when be has got them he hasn't got love of her soul,"- she ,eitid, 'earneetlytriraing to Sir Artlier 'She repiied coldly"
Beecilltilt• I do not rog 10 fool- strength enotigh left to enioY them. I've " When, y•ou cease to mietrust the "1 00104 love your but 1 will inareg7
ish•-latAxiers.,.niaa.--liati...IIIIMIL _poptbe fried your ;hasipess and I'Ve tried oar WomanOf' the world you will find the you. Do , you accept ine- • on Qom
,olity .•gift of ' lteavcri. • •• i sport and give nie the iiiert-eVerf thee. -true' 'value- otthat love." ., - .-- -,' -- •- -- terms -7m
.' 1,1rura looked' up stddenly into liie i liva longer and 'fed better and %lore waS a reproaehful, injured ex- "1 de." • ., ' .
face, ,314t, was awakened at last. ' be happier than a dcisen money grubbing 'Pression in her eyes as she' stood before "Then ISt tus cundertittind Mai Otber
, Ste, glitaced about the rooiri. It as milllionairee." • S him looking, full into. hie fiee, which .thoroughly;" elle anewered with a tonic
almost' empty 'vow. Nearly ever one " Perhaps," said Laura thoughtfully, made hire regret his anger.
• .
of seem In 'her voice. "There will in -
' had gum, leto tea.. For a moment she "but you ou'glit to toinpes your sport "Perhaps 1 wae booty," be Bald, "but no question of sentiment betweeu us. Yaw
coillil not reply, , .with something serious, you ought ' to why do you torture me ? Tell ,me yen will .lead your life and I mine. 1 aloili
*II(' had been a 1 001-00 had been think , mere of your ,drity. Nobility in love me --4 cannot live without , your only assure you that I shall etadeavar
WOVS11. Would tiey inie believe-, would curs obligatioirs. ' love,".. • to be dieereet and that the Settlarseatit
ho be 1 le ve - that she -lad reallx misun- , "%o English know as much alma onr Laura smiled. He had unconspiouely ' shall be satisfactory to you." ' • '
de rstood ? ADO bad bit al way9 twit no :country as.' you Americans dbout yours, used. wocds sha ....luid -once- spoken -on. a " ggad I'? ...he_anewered in, anteseiteette
honest. woman ever , aroused dishonest We at least 'know who governs us.ven well remembered .night .when doubt had "you're a Wonderful woman. . I aim
.leve in a niaa's heart. , She had beep, if we don't approve of them. Now, yoi first entered her heart. "Before you proud of you." 4.1,_
• 't
even with • her newly acquired know - can take the City Club there; In Chicago fl sue for Jove," she said, taking ' 'a step ." I am not much to he proud of," • sir. '
,IRIWrilrrarffiVeffilfMilly-wirtiapiu4c-otor kr-dreec,,,saopayarieune,tglivikr-nztuoztim
try girl. . But never again could' alio be man in ten Who can name his alderman, tteseardsthel:,,,s4serss.4sysitt;sidissulds,,mes, -6 111rfiftriE rhar)laraM1 Bilie
aild almost eaedly„. for. eke wasv,,th ,
pardon.' While you mistrust ,me you
reproach, Afterward the resentinent this pl'esents him in the Legislature.". .
that. Her first feeling' was one of self his State Senator, and the chap who le-, have no right to ask for love." barteyd thoa;pitzsptzu.saltoisrfTjbearnwbitazc,
"Don't maks me stiffer," ho. cried im! -rather
discoYery aroused grow etronger, and "f that- is so, I. blush for my father pulsiVely, . , . .• proud, to Jet the world know db. barlk
yet she felt pity tor Langdon, rather as well as my husband," said Laura. "I She stopped on "the, threshold of the b_leakatoigellho lismiat et! waourr fi'avOot fob:
than diligust or far- only wish I were a man.". • door leading into the room Where Keith on
She even felt an impulse sto'help WM'. •" In . which en;ee ,you would do as we and, Gladys had • gone., 4', When you .ehipped if ' he could hay0 ;giVen her bis .
," Captain Langdon,' elle Raid at last, men de," said Keith. "You Would .1,1114 have :suffered as you have made me suf.
.you:•pri, omised to he .iny...triend, 'arid I . and -sheet and enjoy life. While .you eao, ler," she said, "ipti. MaY appreciate the
prom ibed to be .youra. Have you kept. and, would fight, -too, when ,your country meaning Of lore. •
your premise r' .,
called you,, for r don't believe we are
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- "--N-o."-- he. said-Alowly. • ."-t-h-ave:ceas- go -wards,- AVe may :not-Tteilk/ bur neigh-.
et] to 'be your trived.". . . •. .
bdre'• heads Of 1 in Parliament,but u'e which he moved, he . apProttehed the
: ',I still hold my title,; .I shall'proVe don't stop at home when there's A fig,ht party and said quietly, tri a girl whose'
m
.y right to bear .it." Laura Beide mot,- on, do we Warrington ?" back was toward Win, ' Is this seat en-
ing toward the door and, leaving him "Net while' there's- a , Qneen .to f ight gaged, ,Iiiise Flood -Smith?" '
alone. for."' , "Yee," she answered, "1 was keeping
. fie non said nothing in words to indi- ." Brave l" cried Gladys, clapping her it,. in the hope that .Sir Arthur Fitz -
:gate Ake passion which Laura had arous- kande 'Qutbusiu,stically. . : . ' . . _ ., maurice Might come to, oceupy' • it
ed in hie heart ' To hinuielf he had "Coine.• Gladys, dear;" Laura said, ris- ' "1 have always held that if there were.
hardly confessed it, but by as intuition ing from her Chair, ''we Will ,leave these but two women in the world one. Would
stronger ". 'than spoken words he knew men to smoke and fight it out." be a diplomat and the other a dress-
that•Laura had discover -ed his Regret •. '" Won!t_.you Atop with as, Lady War-. makerf he ' . answered. "That rellierk
For ,a profligate like himself to darerington?' asked, Keith. "It's iote jai- -proves you to be the foriner e -ed your
to think of, such a womatein the light of Ifier to have the ladies," . .. • charming costume tellme you know
love Seenied• A sacrilege, • yet the very... _ "If' we were With you always, - you -how to choose - the latter:. But tell me,
rashness ofhis desire' had a subtle fas- wouldn't appreciate' us," she .' laughed, Youhave finished luncheon, have you
einatioh for .hint. which made him long moving ' toward the door. "Besides, '1 - not?" - ... .
to drag her own to his level., At ether. don't want .America eritielied." . . . " Yee,,bst I 7111 etop. With you .whi a
times he -liked to think. of her as a train! "You began the attack my. dear," said yeti 'have ,yoiirs, if you like."
scendant being of infinite 'purity, to Hugh. . "1 have already lunched., with . LOy.
whom he :conld not raise his eyes except "1 know it," she replied, stopping on • Kildale. 'Won't you walk with, me on
in reverence ' • the threshold a 'moment and :holding, the lawn? We hava just time for apst,rOil
It was •-then-ho felt _that -she. lutd....coine- --Gradys-bys-the-hand,butassisnatian_.w.e_ _be_for_a_Lthe 'eno. is .run for.';'
into_ 'his_ life. to strengthen his manhood, Americans are too youthful to appre- "With pleasure, but I should think you
-and lib deepided hinnielf for -eier.liermite: ciate-the worth of criticism.- We 'expect Would be tired," she answered, as.. she
ting earthly love to.enter hisliettet. 'Ent others tbeept-the valtic-our . in-ex:per- --left her -place at -the. -table-. -" I- -hay
doubt crept_la,___and 'the. fear that she ienee places -on ourselves, and -behind any noticed -you -passing and repassing_for at
might be like other. *omen aroused .a-det honest critieisre we are apt to fancy:, a 'least an hour." . • - •: '
sire to put her surpassing purity to -the jealbibP'scoff-is-lurkinel-W-itheut-wait- "11 1-weretired,!t-he-replied,--striding;
ing for Hugh to reply Laura left the forward with the youthful step which
Now. that Laura had discovered his • men to enjoy their' cigars, and arm in was 'his pride,. "one smile , from you
ecretand had _AUL resentedit, he ., felt area .tvith Gladyswalked up stairs to the . Would give me new life,"
, doubly •emboldened; She did , not, det-- drawing,roona. Seating theinselitii. eolii-• ; • '''' If that le . so you 'may have - per
pint him at*least. .1,,,He started Dem. his fortably in the corner of a Sofa., Gladys' , petual life, for 1 can't meet you without
reverie and moved -toward the tea roomhead resting on Laura's • shoulder, . they smiling, you .always pay such abmird
Perhaps sometime he mightplead, for began . to talk .s.erieusly... of the girl's compliments,"
a -1urn Orhis-love.,- ' '. -I'. . future. • . .•.. - --"- Your-Fitr-never-ctimpliments,!!..he tmf_
' CtIAPTEB X. --V-11- - ' ' - - -- -`-Y.on know We shall live in Leicester- ewered,. looking up into her face. She
• Laura intended .to stopat home that shire most of the • year," Gladys Was' was taller than he, and he. felt :morti,
,eVening,: and fearing.'that it •Might-he'r --saying"-Just think -ofHlivirig- '.w#hin- ----'-sAfters.the second_race on '`...Q0 Day".
..,,Aeatehmans.ehes-soisfeds41.4.:01ObleM, -ha., LWhat gloriousi: huntin&- we shall ' -have_ 1.. • with, Sir Arthur.. and 0,ptain . Langdon,
difficult to separate Gladys f rom her . reach Of the Quorn and the Pytehlev1( the Goodwood
. .. meetiag Laura, . who, m,4yerr. e4teri'easrheth• feayltestreedheiasvinhge_•sapoketth4.
/.1eltitints. eitti,14.,.-jeitv:thetelv-,,,.. litigh c'em-i• Ite'hitsv,a1WikTabliee.manyr. drain :le. Itte• in I liatthenwmaIking-lelatualyr; Otitthelacwir
fully to-night-
plited the little party .which sat down the shires" stopped . stopPed for a moment at the end of the seam soupid tired." - • . • .-- •
'ettime '. WorY '911111'
to dinner in the, sombre dining room .of " Wilt Keith leave his -regiment ?" . terrace. 'A railed . barrier separated . the. '
They were standing •before an Oat 00
. Vincent „House. .There ,Was little, at • 6 did not reply, for at. that menv. multitude' from the favored few, and . tle, near 'a firepiaee. Next it 'mai
• tempt ...at conversittion.L_____ Gladys, and- nt Hugltid• Keith entered the., •room.. , beyond this Pale stretehed. a. score or
Keith were too .preoccupied with each After talking in a constrained Manner. molienteritchpennirbootlirrwhere-eb;iwns teQrsLileiarlii*waygliitwatir". -641. ilet'ha4L, ...7,
other to talk generally,while the pre for a few minutes • and.casting: many: and acrobats grimaced and tumbled.. for
'0 Don't wony about thergtiestia7-r
eiiee, of Laura and •Hugh _confined t r glances at each :other, Keith and Gladys the . amusement of .a niotley. throng- of
. Langdon. ‘" The secret of, ente
expressions Of affection to -occasi nal somehow Managed • to: leave Lama And .people. is to leave them alone."'
covert glances, indulged in when they her husband and find' 'their *ay to the • Under .the trees at the , back of the
" Then.I 'shall follow your advice" ..
fancied-theirAosts_And the servants were next poom,"fancying, Of iniiiee, that their grand stand numerous tables were Spreadeaid, taking a step toward the door: .
not Ileoking. Laura and her husband,' egress had been Most cleverly planned ' upon the grass and -about • each well
He made, a .geetttre to detain: 'best,
being flinch occupied with their • ' Own and quite Unnoticeable.- ss - - ' - • . knoivnfaces were gathered. At . one the
" Don't . leave me,", he said. ‘Fni.li
thoughts, were content to remain eom- Laura, thus left alone with Hugh took officers of the Fiftiethre
, Dragoons-
paratiVely silent, and it was not until up a, book and comnsenced to "read., A entertaining , their friends; while at an, 'do' • :depressed .to-nighk;
and cheer me. np," .
thej dinner had. progressed well toward lamp stood on the „table beside ber,_ and. other. ,the •Sixtieth Lancere were ' the .. She 'hesitated, for n moinent. '
dessert that the -Conversation became at the delicately' shaded rays: fell - felt Upon' hosts,' At .:-still another . table, ..loaded
she quietlyiniated heraelf On the le
ail general.' . ' • , . •. •,;•••••• • her, face: Her bluieh gray eyes were al- • with plate and elaborate specimens of ••
"vT,his sombre hill is not the:telt:
experience ii. the afternoon ; arid ' neW rich color of her cheeks seemed lese brils., of the Marquie of Dunstable 'presided.: A'
Culinary possibilities; - the witened lace
took the vacantplace:beside hen.•;-
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Loire.
She was thinking of the bargain oliit
had driven. Her . youth and - beauty an&
her father's dollars for a name and
positioa.`_-_ was a bargain many oat
ambitious woman had made and many, la•
blighted life hid been the reeult. •
After dinner the home -party gradually;
scattered in groups of twee and foluar
The excitement which had enlivened tie
guests during the week bad vanished* '
and there seemed to be nothingao aroma
them to energy. latead off cards or,
round games there wore couples ecatter-
ed cosey corners through the hem* `
and subdued aonversations intended for
_gonoilympo.nelletener.. While 1107 triW
indulged in an animated exchange et
mew remained in the emokingrooia irt •
a few of the women left to _themselves
diseu,se each detail of the day's radar!
Laura, passing through the ialLnenle! _
opeerdvaionrt pabmonotmetnhte togrinviengantratirdine.r LUIS
Kildale was to give an evening' gardist.,„
party the next daY. and eitityras prac-
tically the end of a brilliant seises. tka •
entire party was going up. to tows Tot
to:aetmioolit_.
range for the transport.ation to
zrchgLgi Jerseinaitayw_471esneeensv, ar.
After the servant retired' she
to return--to—the-drawing-roon4-Tehat '
Langdon approached through as
joining door. Mice the efts:ie.* 14.t.-;1;
Sir Arthur Fitsmamice's sbe. had
spoken with him alone. He hadt 111101C,
invited before that, else he wield nag .
have been a guest on 'this occasion.
DUr-
ing his visit she /had been careful
-avoid -him.- Seeing that they were
she &ought- an ezensetandhape ren_luterz.
view.
"--I-was-hurrying -back - to look same,
Laura was •thinking meanwhile of her most black' in the lamp light, and the to cure you..of the blues,'" She sild%,
- that she could review tho matter_coolly tient than formerly. In fact as he sat pumber of well-known turfinen were his "'I like it. This 'Cilia' light, *..
-her resentment -became thoroughly. arote,.- 1 the7:-r61:•reteuding to scan - es 'copy of the guests. They soften draulg his Wine, but
armored phantoms:, theY are :
Cu. Ever since the night atWiltonRall . Globe, but regarding' hiswile--8-6-mcnn , Aven-liis-moneyv-for-he---ivaw-as-
grewsonte as my•cthooglatels
when. she had been with Langdon in the intently, it seemed...toAtim that during - phrewd as the sharpest of them: and,
peets. nr Eng. • .‘ Why -should you permit -mat, a
the past year her beauty had ' become
more delicate. . For a while he thought though one of the richept
land, he ;managed to make his racing to,,pBoesesseinsileyointi?m" vre-s,tched. xt ._
of -the love which had been grOWing Stable turn an honest penny or two.
he said, leaning toward her. ". Ye
steadily in his % heart. Then he left his Laura walked with her companions past
forgotten that night, it Hen*: --
'seat suddenly, and going to where Laura several of the luncheon parties to a table
he
side ber ahair and imbed her hand im- were entertaining their friends. Keith
was sitting, he dropped- on one knee be- .,,where the mei of Lord Keith's regiment
me. beY°eiti.rawmnhTecrithleilid.0114"Yetautt.kr.OTmhited!'bovi
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ntooltd
palsively. "-God, how :1 love- you I" he rose on seeing them, and Laura And
cried. -. '. _,.. Langdon joined the party, with whom
She glanced up from her book .startled. Gladys •-and Hugh were already seated, tiShoteda:gto:StIrTy..eyod 41:if'hfttileehitratil,,,,:1,, 4,
In, the earnest gaze :of his eyes she ettcr, While Sir Arthur hastened oil, glancing
the4eflee tier" of-- the dove. she had Waited earnestly at the occupants Of • each table' isell; laughed cynically. ;c7itic:gi: .. pe.,40,1471„'
for vi long. ,tor the ,Eneanorit Olre *ergot las though *eking a tame. illuddiiiIbr:, 3110 desperate lookaln his /ice iiiidek 140,,p,-.,. ,,,
the part she.,dan. playing. Re. loved . her,. Stopped:. Near the end•oi 'Moline he Ort'w
cad her. • '
That .was bUfficient Her heart leaped the person he had been seeking, ab,, a Dal talk' of- curing :nie,".lits, O
with gladness at the thought. • smothering his distaste for a Young lieer7 mid* • her hand suddenly and belt
Hatried.to kiss her, but she turned her whose manners were better salted for
close to her face. . , • •'
face away and resisted the. pressure of the society of a music .ball than that -in
a I love, you, Yon know thrtg t
his lips. He must firtrt, km for pardon, fied aCthe thought that the future Lady, 1,0u.,, ,
elie thought. She had suffered too much Fitzmaurice 'would be his superior in
to forgive too readily. „ height. " 'feel Fitz never compliments hoenh4e, laboattlehoanhoeidifoitrtgonivW.11!_hodiranow
" Tou_Aon't love me," he exclaimed, you, beeause the half of your charm;
listen to me.".lie ;said excitelliki..: '
jumping tohis.feet elatedly, the jeal- could-iferbetold." ' • .'
ousy 'Langdon, had aroused doming snd- ' "That doesn't speak well for them," mai:Ndw.oi.tittnolp:70:011:asheihripeield,ittAii
denly back to terture him.
tested. .....-----s-s..„ '
"Because I feel it,-;' he said angrily. They had reached the open space at the -
"How can you say that ?" She pro- they are too awful to mention."
laughed Miss Flood-Sinith. ":I sappoes
"Why misinterpret my adoration ?" ten'?" elle asked. ., .. :
1-18(x‘1:7"iglin. ilte,:e ,811..41: trying •
Vc;
"'Why do you turn away from rue when end of the grand stand where the lawn
iug
I speak of love? Why do you permit the slopes* down to the course. She stopped feet. •oirr"oliwto. hiouthekareow'el'eatelio.1%
devotion of another man ?" . , for a moment pad looked scornfully, at
ID Walton street: TO.nnitilkh*,
Laura was silent a monient.' In that WM with her dark eyes.' '‘' Because You
moment she tried to realize. the cruelty have the same ,adoration for every wo- 113'; edhatjtivad'geawwalylisktot_ihort,hator.,,,
and injustice of his words. She tried ' man you tir-et, she -replied-. - ---
to realise, that -her husband, the man The 'little baronet ecreived his glass
big into the fireplace: Then held*,
For a Thement Langdon ant t ,
whose neglect had caused her such bit- into his eye, and clasped his gray gloved
paced the floor. " Dy .TOve.T, kef,'::;,
ter buffering, waa'acciising her of want hands about -his 'stick. Then, ammoning
finallY, hall aloud, in a tette '
of love -of want of self-respect. He Was all his courage, he said with some effort':
pressed surpriee,'," so that in titian)
looking at her intently as though aux- "You wrong me. Miss Flood -Smith; I
I once thought an angel. Well,- ions to hear the answer to his Words. adore only you. I love only you."
no aecounting•'$or a WE:man?' ','"inr
She returned the glance calmly. "Ask " How absurd I" She exclaimed. "The
tinned, plunging hithandirintolikt
yourself if you have deserved my love," idea Of, you pretending, to laTie 1" .~•
eta with, a satisfied' gesture;•••
she said„quietly. •
Ile. expected her to meet this sadden
,
'Crowd, her eye was attracted by a gal-
Unconsdonels glancing • throUgh the
. known that *Oman in a etinitiffili4,,c,
Mei, , 1-.-- Vrail^an-. &Mr '47-otitlitC",
"1 IOV,ed her became) shn.wal'i
exposure of his jealousy- With auger. iler warts -bronzed -faced soldierWalking MI -
to ba
calmness' made him aithareed. For a few &illy beside a pretty, bright-eyed girl,
'subtlety, deception and, trade* liialiatik
minute's. he ,paced the -floor .;, then he with rosy cheeks and golden hair. At the. ethquaatiiLaro.,.,,, :Hello, , istaor.r.ingtoi4., . r.
stopped and said,. apologetically: " I sight -of him her lip quavered Nat a trifle
did not mean all that; Laura; but do and her brows contracted, "Bow absurd Hata had ,atteied ,4afeattit.:
you blame me? Think of how happy we for you to talk of love I' she replied,uj
a..wore serious tone. "No wOunin • W014(11" htnqt
Lwaartin.fk.rlotthensinivettgii;h4rithedteo:trtedt:i. te:hati,";:i
of the. Man Made it. &Mini
,
sighed.' " Theri•li but tine ett
Their eyes Met. There *Ma_
"Have you Beall Any WWI"
* "Isi ". midi litiigdeli lic ii
f..iiii-Partionatirrt.-on&-datielogkelintiosi.451., ,41.sedc:Anc.hel-liefore,- wc- came_to. London ;
improve your nation .you spend your . before yoUr life was, givens ups to, sos- sheirevei.:0412-' -
time on race courses: *Yon devote your eiety." • . " Won't you belleVe mei' he said, eom-
energy to liguring.Ont Goodwood odds,",'.4 That ie 8,11 over now,"-she-imidr-With ing closer to _her _Awl trying to -speak
.' " What's the use of going in for poll- a shrug of her, ehOuldere.c "1 wana silly tenderly. •" i tell you 1 Inve !yen.. T
ties ?", said Keith. "The country ' is country girl then, of whom yorr, Were ' want you to be Lady Fitems,uriCe."
• Oink to„. the. dogs, anyway. .4. let of very much .,moch ashamed. I think I know "To talk seriously,” site replied ln a
•„raditai Jeltintica an& a..few-madtIrishmen.,batter .nerti..;.. At, tenst..1... liana not- heard practical . way,,,,#,i, I. doubt, the first, assar-
run things in the noose, attain the Lards, r"youi,•complain-iiit, my.-ntannera-lor..sOtna tion,, ;Mania& YQt"riame"qrect.Lttet4'4303147111kencdierellitirlk lettiiiii..ynt, Oit't
,a score of .sleepy old duffers nod on the time. How do you think I get on in en- affcetions too generally to toueentrataPrctilvasittortrit,ii4to tallow" *alit -
(benches and do "just as they are told. eiety ?' Do 1 net like .,,,, your -English them on one Woman, but 1 tmght posii-
One day the radicals will turn out the *omen Yet ?" - bly believe the latter." •Vitt. • "No, thankir," Iltigh tinarreireil, She 1.0404. &titbit.svil
whole batch of us,' and there will be an 'You get on well enough," he said, For a Moment Sir Arthur looked at her looking bp: • ,
end otit, In the meantime I Lnii.Lnd. to sarcastically. "Vete nright give . the amazed. Then he bit his liP vexedly. He
i .'
AS Labgdoe entered the litsitiler •
get married and hive like a ChristiSa in cleverest of them pointe.' *anted to disPirty resentment,, but hhe Met illl
Ito ' triumphatint butlie. litoitec ,
the shires," he added, glancing fondly at " Thank Yon;" the replied- W.ith a. knew that in the saceetta Of Ms itelitlire panaod on Nylons 6i*ounit:... ,oti:
az,7,411.44irviseguesting,7trar,wfuntrzolpi ,,zilitforyce4dorgyaownt,im, y„h"llp;rbliaeposritionitio...'day you lay, his only dritertn,rd against 'ruin.
Gladys. ' , ..c,
into the hands of the radicals." 'That trouble errantry 'giil,,,marr-yoti-r-lio-Araill fleetly, ' "but I protest that 1
"You Americans are too cold •bloOded.," arnitlasorvie iiiii!„::::glatiteit ,iii ,i:Ithei, :.„
" Crane, 1 say,', Laura," "said Hugh, call her, lovertne ; at least I thought love you. 'W111 you make Fits , happy?
," leV havo. fair., play. I Was Out •in she did. This -woman of the -World casts Will you marry ban!" preaching bins quietlyi she
,--Ameilca, rivIong-time_ and I iltd,..not 4ie- „ ...filthlo,...my: tome' for the admiration of 0,. She glanced up at the royal box.. ---,A
co er that your people were very keen in multitude, for the 71141:Zion Of -1Vidnek*- - -heautiftit-princeet --Woe-Ahem, zvelth,_ itc.r.
politics. -It's bueitiese, nothing but burri- guard." daughtard, and she thought of the ttp-
'Otis ovethere. After a man has got it Laura quietly. left her Chair, and, proaching nineriage of- ono 'of them to a'
pot of money he ien't sathified until he standing before hint; ehe rdturned Ids gentian 'grand , duke Where OM had
Angry glances calmly and courageously:- Martell deem, "Royal women are
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arta ,ueee, his .clititilder,
-,-hatidr-lookOC.iato-hit Sot ,11(i
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